ἐλάχιστος
Alt. ἐλά^χιστος, η, ον
Etym. Sup. of ἐλαχύς, comp. ἐλάσσων,
I. "the smallest, least", οὐκ ἐλ. Hhymn., Hdt., etc.; ἐλαχίστου λόγου of "least" account, id=Hdt.; περὶ ἐλαχίστου ποιεῖσθαι Plat.
2. of Time, "shortest", δι᾽ ἐλαχίστου [sc. χρόνου] Thuc.; δι᾽ ἐλαχίστης βουλῆς with "shortest" deliberation, id=Thuc.
3. of Number, "fewest", Plat.
II. τὸ ἐλάχιστον, τοὐλάχιστον, "at the least", Hdt., Xen., etc.; also ἐλάχιστα, Thuc., Plat.
III. there is also a new comp. ἐλαχιστότερος, "less than the least", NTest.